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W. SANDERS 8v W. SELLEY. FOLDING BOX No. 538,847. Patented May 7, 1895.

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W. SANDERS & W. SELLEVY.

FOLDING BOX.

' No. 538,847. PatentedMay' 7, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

WILLIAM SANDERS AND WALTER 'SELLEY, OF MANCHESTER, ASSIGNORS TO THEFOLDING BOX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LONDON,

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' FOLDING BOX.

sIPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,847, dated May 7,1895.

Application filed July 16,1894. Serial No. 517,766. (Model) Patented inEngland October 27, 1892,1Io. 19,279; in France October 3, 1893, No.233,187; in Belgium October 3, 1893, No. 106,610, and in Austria-HungaryFebruary 23, 1894, No. 54.279 andNo. 79,363.

To all whom it may concern: Figs. 1 and 4. may be folded inward. againstBeit known that we, WILLIAM SANDERS and the inner faces of the sidewalls, the flexible o WALTER SELLEY, subjects of the Queen of bottompermitting this movement but pre- Great Britain,-residing atManchester,in the venting any outward movement of the said 5 county of Lancaster,England, have invented ends when the box is unfolded. The sides new anduseful Improvements in Folding and ends are further retained againstbulg- Boxes, (for which we have obtained a patent ing outward by thecover f which overlaps the 55 in England',No.19,279,dated October 27,1892; upper edges thereof, and the ends are kept in France, No. 233,187,dated October 3, 1893; from folding inward by a suitable frame 6, of

in Belgium,No. 106,610, datedOctober 3, 1893, wire or the like which isplaced upon the botand in Austria-Hungary, No. 54,279 and N0. tom of thebox.

79,363, dated February 23, 1894,) of which the When the box is to befolded the frame is 60 following is a specification. removed and theends swung inward against This invention has for its object, first, tothe sides to'permit the said sides to be folded I5 provide a box forholding millinery, drapery, down fiat as before described, in whichposihats, wreaths, or other light goods or artition the box and framemay be placed within cles, which can be readily folded up] when theinverted cover as shown in Fig. 2 6 5 empty and thus save room instorage or transit In order to provide a combined handle and and beexpanded for use as the case may be cover fastening means, we providefour aperrequired; secondly, to provide such box with tures h, h in eachend of the box, and two means which will serve both as a fastening otherapertures h h directly above these and for the lid and as a handle tocarry or lift the slightly below the edge of the cover. Alooped 70 box.We attain these objects by the means cord 9 is passed through the twoholes 71-, h, illustrated in the accompanying two sheets of from theoutside, and thence the cord extends drawings, in whichout through theholes or apertures h h and Figure 1, Sheet I, is a perspective view offrom there over the cover of the box to the our improved folding boxshown extended. opposite end where it is passed in through 75 Figv 2 isa plan of the lid with the body of the the corresponding holes h and outthrough box folded inside thereof. Fig. 3, Sheet II, is the lower holesit, its ends being connected to 0 a vertical'section, and Fig. 4 a planwith the form an endlessloop. The loop is of suffilid removed. Fig. 5 isa detail view of the cient length so that when the portions g arebody-blank before folding-that is, with both drawn tightly down upon thecover a slightly 80 the sides and end flaps being spread out flat; looseportion iwillbe provided at each end,and

and Fig. 6 is a view of the internal frame. these portions may be drawnup and hooked Similarletters refer tosiinilar parts throughover buttonsit upon the ends of the cover, out the'several views. thus serving tosecurely hold the cover in In carrying out our invention we provide aplace while the portions g form a convenient 8 flexible bottom a, towhich the sides or ends handle. When the cover is to be removed the tare connected, this bottom consisting preferportions 'iare unhooked fromthe buttons and 40 ably of a suitable fabric. Two of the walls,permitted to drop down into the position in the present case the two endwalls, are shown in dotted lines at c" and this loosens formed divided.or in two parts b b and are the cord sufficiently to permit it to bedrawn 9c hinged to the other two walls or sides by a from the cover overthe sides in the position 7 suitable hinge such as a fabric extendingshownby dotted lines g Thestretcher frame across the line of junction(1. The divided or is composed of open work or is of skeleton two partwalls or ends b I) being unconnected, form. t or connected only by asuitable hinge of fab- What we claim as our invention, and desire 9 5ric similar to that described and shown at d torsecureby Letters Patent,is-- 1. In combination in a folding box, the bottom, the sides 0, c, thefolding sides I), Z), each extending half way across the end of the boxand being adapted to be folded against the sides 0, c, the bottomcomposed of flexible material capable of being folded and the frame 6arranged on the bottom and fitting againstthe sides 0, c, b, b, the saidframe being of open work or,of skeleton form, substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination in a folding box, the b0ttom, the folding sides, thecover having the buttons thereon and the cord having its looped endsengaging the buttons extending down therefrom through two holes in thefolding sides thence within the box and out through a second pair ofholes in the said sides and thence over the top of the cover in twostrands substantially as described.

3. In combination, the box comprising the sides 0, c, and the foldingsides b, h, each of the latter extending half way across the end of thebox, the cover fitting down over the sides, the buttons on the cover andthe cord having its looped ends engaging the cover, one strand of theloop passing through an opening in one folding side and the other strandthrough the other folding side and said strands passing thence over thecover of the box, substantially as described.

4. A collapsible box made up of two opposing sides 0, c and the endseach of the latter having the two flapsb, b, the flexible bottomconnectingthe sides and flaps and the stretcher frame arranged Withinthe box and bearing on the sides and end flaps, the said flaps be ingadapted to fold inward against the sides which latter are adapted to besuperposed and the flexible bottom being arranged to be folded by theturning in of the end flaps to lie between the superposed sides,substantially as described.

WILLIAM SANDERS. WALTER SELLEY.

Witnesses:

ALFRED BOSSHARDT, STANLEY E. BRAMALL.

